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New Software Helps Navigate Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding Opportunities and Deadlines
A Consulting firm released a navigator to help local governments and the private sector find resources and major milestones for infrastructure funding.
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Gaps in NC Addiction Treatment Disproportionately Hit Rural Residents of Color
A new CDC study found more than 75% of counties don’t have anywhere residents can get methadone, and 30% of counties lack a buprenorphine provider. In North Carolina, rural communities with many Black and Indigenous residents often lack access to care.
Q&A: Efforts to Decriminalize Psychedelics Can Extend to Rural Places, Too
How one rural activist carved the way to decriminalize psychedelics in the small town of Port Townsend, Washington.
Rural Oregon Nonprofit Focuses on Sustainable Natural Resource Management
The Lake County Resources Initiative grew out of the decline of Pacific Northwest’s lumber industry. Now it focuses on building an economy that cares for both people and the environment.
Rural Covid Infections Remain Steady for the Week
For the first time in more than a year, the weekly death rate was not higher in rural counties than metropolitan ones.
Commentary: The Importance of Covid Vaccination in Rural Schools
Three rural educators write about why vaccination against Covid-19 is extremely beneficial for rural students, teachers, families, and communities.
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Rural Infections Remain Steady; Deaths Increase for the Week
A high number of “red zone” counties, coupled with relatively low overall infection rates, indicates that the virus is widespread but less deeply entrenched than in the past.
How a Camping Startup is Drawing Travelers to Colorado’s Remote West End
Once the site of a uranium mill company town, this 120-acre parcel northwest of Naturita was reborn as CampV, a hip glamping and arts destination.
Rural Covid Infections Increase by More than a Third
Infection rates are at their highest point since the end of the Omicron surge. But the number of Covid-related deaths declined last week.
Rural Jobs Rebound from Pandemic, but Not as Fast as Urban Jobs Did
About half of all metropolitan had above-average job growth over the past thee years. Only about a third of all rural counties did.
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